Hello!
I am Sumit

I build Agentic AI solutions for a living and love to explore the intersection of AI, Music and Design.

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0+ Years in Data Science & Machine Learning
50M+ Value Generated through projects
30+ Solutions Delivered over 7 years
15 Team Members Led & Coached
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I'm a Senior Manager at American Express, leading a team of 3 researchers in the Generative AI Research team. My work focuses on building agentic AI solutions, improving AI adoption across global locations through workshops and building solutions supporting AI adoption at scale.

Beyond work, I'm passionate about exploring the intersection of AI, music and design. I enjoy building fun side projects, writing about AI and data science, and playing drums.

Generative AI Agentic AI Deep Learning Data Science PySpark Python
About me

Leading GenAI Research

I lead the GenAI adoption effort within the Credit & Fraud Risk (CFR) business unit at American Express, delivering training sessions, workshops, and building solutions to drive enterprise-wide adoption of GenAI across global locations in the US, India, and Singapore.


Building Machine Learning Solutions

Over 7+ years in data science, I've delivered 26 end-to-end ML solutions spanning a wide spectrum of techniques including XGBoost, kNN, time-series modeling.


Coaching & Leading Teams

I've coached 9 analysts and led teams of up to 7 across global stakeholders in the US, India, and Singapore while onboarding 10+ new colleagues and peers over the years

Career

Experience Timeline

July 2025 – Present
American Express
Sr. Manager, AI Labs - Gen AI Research
  • Conducted 15 distinct training sessions reaching 2,000+ people, achieving 95%+ adoption across the business unit
  • Partnered with cross-functional teams to architect solutions tackling real challenges — including a scaling engine and PII redaction pipelines
  • Currently building a generic Agentic AI framework for the enterprise, enabling users to connect with data hosted on cloud compute and Confluence
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Feb 2022 – Oct 2024
American Express
Manager, Data Science
Leading a team of 4 analysts in the Global Commercial & Merchant Data Science team at AmEx. Building future spend and lending need prediction models for Small and Medium Enterprises in the US. Directly influencing credit and product strategy at scale.
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Dec 2018 – Jan 2022
American Express
Analyst, Data Science
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Jul 2017 – Dec 2018
Indus Towers
Assistant Manager – Energy BU
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Apr 2016 – May 2016
Crisp Analytics (now Lumiq.ai)
Data Science Intern
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Apr 2015 – May 2015
Startup
Front-End Developer
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Capabilities

Skills & Expertise

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Currently Exploring
AI advancements I'm actively learning and building with
Large Language Models Agentic AI Prompt Engineering RAG Systems Generative AI Audio/Music AI Investing Research Book Summaries
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Artificial Intelligence & ML
From classical ML to deep learning — building models that predict, classify, and generate value at enterprise scale.
Machine Learning Deep Learning NLP Generative AI LLMs Predictive Modeling Churn Models Feature Engineering Machine Learning Deep Learning NLP Generative AI LLMs Predictive Modeling
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Data Analytics
End-to-end data pipelines, business intelligence, and visual storytelling.
Python PySpark SQL Excel
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Visualization
Communicating complex data with clarity and precision.
Plotly Matplotlib Tableau Power BI
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Leadership
Building high-performing teams, coaching analysts, and presenting to stakeholders.
Delegation Coaching Presenting
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Design & Web
From Adobe Suite to front-end code — designing for clarity and impact.
HTML/CSS Photoshop Illustrator

Life beyond
the model

What keeps me curious, creative, and human outside of data science.

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Drums & Music
I play drums and explore all genres. Music is where my analytical mind turns off.
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Reading
Avid non-fiction reader exploring audiobooks and book summaries to maximise intake.
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Investing
Recently developed a passion for markets — applying a data-driven lens to finance.
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Exploring the Internet
From AI breakthroughs to design trends — endlessly curious about what's next.
Background

Education

MBA
PGDM, Marketing & Systems
IIM Lucknow
2015 – 2017
B.TECH
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering College
2010 – 2014
Let's connect

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